Preliminary election results
The Chief Electoral Officer has released the preliminary results for the 2008 General Election.
Today is election day
New Zealanders can vote in any polling place in the country – but voting in your electorate is the easiest way to vote.Vote close to home at a polling place listed in your EasyVote pack or from the list here.
Voting in the 2008 general election ends
Watch the results come through from 7.00pm on the election results website www.electionresults.govt.nz.
Chief Electoral Office tips for making voting easy on Saturday
The Chief Electoral Office is giving voters three tips to make voting easier on Election Day, Saturday 8 November.
Electoral Commission decision 2008-38, NZ First, annual returns of donations 2005-7
Dated: 20 October 2008 Decision Number: 2008-38 Summary of withheld decision Donations made to New Zealand First in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 years were not included in New Zealand First’s annual returns of donations for the relevant years.
Chief Electoral Office media guidance about election day activity
Information about campaigning and media activity on election day is set out below.
Final hours to enrol to vote for Saturday's election
Tens of thousands of people are about to miss out on this year’s election unless - with just hours left to go - they take action and enrol now.
Electoral Commission decisions on election advertising matters
Two decisions on advertising matters.
Tens of thousands vote early in the 2008 general election
At least 58,000 people have already voted in the 2008 general election, with the number of votes expected to soar by Friday as people who aren’t in their electorate on Election Day vote in advance.